Campsite lockdown in Spain

I wonder how many who are due to travel in the next month will now change their minds? We decided about 10 days ago to cancel the proposed trip in September for a variety of reasons but this latest news just reinforces our decision. The trip wasn't one we had originally planned as that had gone by the wayside back in March and I have to say Brittany ferries were exceptional in their attitude to refunds. Would have no problems booking direct with them again.

Hopefully when a vaccine is introduced then complete confidence can be restored and a sense of normality return.

It’s a difficult scenario, Spain’s daily case rates are a good deal higher than those in UK as far as can be seen. Sincerely hope that they can contain it. 

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Yes, I guess only a vaccine will get out us confidently out of this mess. Some encouraging developments, particularly the team in Oxford, but realistically we’re many months away from such a game changing event, if it happens at all. Sadly continental touring may not be safely possible for some time?

Problem is, we’re doing a reasonable job of suppressing it, so it will never truly go away in the manner that Spanish Flu did, having taken its toll on millions after infecting a third of the worlds population, and that was before most of us jumped on planes & ferries.

For those currently out there it is going to be 14 days quarantine on arrival back home.

Noting that the hotspot in Spain is perilously close to the border with France is there a likelihood of the traveller to France being caught up in that situation?

I notice Brittany Ferries are still sailing to Spain despite the FCO travel ban. So unless you've managed to get travel insurance you lose your money if you choose follow government advice.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed the same doesn't happen in France!

John

It would depend when you booked and what option you picked. I believe the flexi tickets can be amended for no charge up to 4 hours before sailing and you can cancel with a 25% loss. Other types of tickets and those booked under earlier T&C's have different terms. Hope so anyway, it's one reason I booked a crossing for next year, so far in advance. Given that when we cancelled a holiday due to bereavement a few years ago, we were charged two lots of excess because there were two of us cancelling, a total of £80, the 25% cancellation loss would not be as bad as it seems

Sadly continental touring may not be safely possible for some time?

Hi Bill, don't disagree but its down to personal perception and, is it any  different here?

The most uncomfortable we have felt since the virus, hit and the restrictions kicked, in has been in Fowey and St Ives where the numbers made distancing difficult.

We could avoid the problem by staying at home but that is not an option for us and, as we have no underlying health issues, do not see the need to do other than follow HMG guidance either.

As AD says, quarantine may not be a big issue and certainly, for me, the issue that would worry us most would be being 'locked down; on a foreign campsite and, worse still, then being ordered to leave.

Not having a crystal ball makes any decisions to travel a bit of  gamble but, if i was a betting man, I would say that Davids trip will involve a stay at Larrouleta!

But that may be because of HGVs or are they not carried on their ferry,    even during our lockdown and across Europe commercial traffic was stiil  vital and ferry companies and Euro tunnel were stil l running

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